[G4] Address Book Backup

[Rem Jones]

Have you tried exporting addresses from your old mail program and 
importing them into your new program?  My wife does a better job of 
maintaining addresses and I occasionally have to "steal" hers.
On May 1, 2005, at 8:40 AM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote:

> Melissa,
>
> Try this : the real location, so close before...
>
> (Your Home directory)/Library/Application Support/AddressBook
>
> Sorry, for the confusion I have an Addresses folder in Library and I 
> assumed that it was what the Address Book application was using. 
> Apparently, it is an old location for the Address book because I found 
> the new location above as well...
>
> Also a thing to try when you are having trouble locating stuff:
>
> File-Find in the Finder. A search for "address" would have helped you 
> find what your were looking for. Keep in mind that we are using a 
> Macintosh and that most files have a reasonable humane filename. So, 
> searching in most cases will help you find what you are looking for.
>
>
> Dan Brieck Jr.
>
>
>
> On Apr 30, 2005, at 10:40 PM, Melissa wrote:
>
>> There is no such file. There is only "Address Book Plug-Ins" in that 
>> location. Any other ideas?
>> Melissa
>>
>>
>>
>>> Melissa,
>>>
>>>  Should be the folder named "Addresses". Just copy it from your 
>>> back-up destination to your boot drive.. That folders contains all 
>>> the specific files you need. Here is where it is.
>>>  General
>>>  (Your Home directory)/Library/Addresses
>>>
>>>  More specific:
>>>  (hard-driveName)/Users/(your-name)/Library/Addresses
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hope this helps,
>>>  Dan Brieck Jr.
>>>
>>>  On Apr 30, 2005, at 5:36 PM, Melissa wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>  Sorry for the rather basic question- I have been unable to figure 
>>>> out which files I need to locate in order to restore my Address 
>>>> Book database from a cloned backup - can someone help me out?
>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>  Melissa
>>>>  OS 10.3.6
>
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